A recently discovered nitrate print in the National Library of Norway archives turned out to be the 1916 Thanhouser Film Corporation production of "The Net" - a five-reel feature film released by the Mutual Film Corporation as a MasterPicture, Deluxe Edition No. 88.

The scenario was written by Thanhouser co-founder and scenarist Lloyd F. Lonergan. It was filmed in Jacksonville and Mayport, Florida and runs just over 58 minutes. It is the story of a mysterious women, played by Ethel Jewett, rescued from the sea by a fishman, played by Bert Delaney. She comes with a curse of epic proportions. The plot includes a series of thrilling incidents embracing hairbreadth escapes from death in the quicksands and in the sea. Mysterious criminals evading the law move through the film with a detective who turns crooked when tempted by the beautiful maiden from the sea. 

New original music was composed and performed exclusively for this film by internationally acclaimed silent-film composer and pianist Günter A. Buchwald. An optional commentary track by film scholar Kathy Fuller-Seeley from the University of Texas is also available.

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